Resultados de búsqueda: Biography from Berthoff Books

Viking Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 407 pages, with index, reference notes. Discusses Auden's work up until 1939, when he moved to the USA. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, tan flecked end papers, light wear to heel, sunned at crown, foxing to edges and some spots on a few pages, boards slightly bowed, in unclipped DJ with light shelf wear and curling. Underscoring and/or marginalia in pencil by former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff on approximately 70 pages.

Ballantine Books, 1976. Soft cover. Good. 624 pages, with index, genealogical table, source references. Second printing (1980) of Ballantine edition; book first published 1975. Illustrated with b&w photos on eight double-sided plates. Biography of the Duke of Windsor, formerly Prince of Wales/King Edward VIII, who abdicated to marry divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. Mass-market paperback, edges tinted yellow, reading creases, crease to back cover, paint and other stains to wraps, soil to fore-edge, pages age-tanned. Previous owner's name embossed on front and back cover - a barely visible stamp. Pages unmarked.

Edward Arnold, 1994. Soft cover. Good. 480 pages, with index, four maps, 44 b&w illustrations on 14 double-sided plates (which have become detached from the binding but are present). Trade paperback, minor shelf wear, bottom back corner creased, foxing to edges. Notes in pencil on approximately 20 pages.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 357 pages, with index, illustrated with 24 b&w and color photos. Published in the Literary Lives series. Trade papaerback, light shelf wear including to corners, 1" crease to front cover at top. Inscribed by author on title page to a friend and older teacher, who helped with the book; interior pages bright and unmarked.

German Historical Institute, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 28 pages. Occasional Paper No. 6, being the proceedings of a memorial event held at Bryn Mawr College in 1992. Preface by the editor. Greetings from Mary Patterson McPherson, president of Bryn Mawr. Essays "Felix Gilbert at BMC" by Barbara Miller Lane, "Insight and Energy: Reflections on the Work of Felix Gilbert" by Gordon A. Craig. Small pamphlet (5-1/2" x 8-3/8") stapled in printed card wraps, minimal shelf wear, faint foxing to wraps and top edge, pages unmarked.

William Heinemann Australia, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 420 pages, with index and bibliography, b&w photos on plates. 8vo, black boards with white lettering on spine, edges and page margins age-toned, corners of a few pages accidentally dog-eared at bottom, in DJ with only light shelf wear, Australian bookstore price sticker on back panel. Former owner's name written on front pastedown, underscoring and/or margin bracktets (primarily the latter - short vertical lines) on approxiately 90 pages.

Vintage Books (Random House), 1978. Soft cover. Good. 245 pages, with bibliography (source list). First paperback edition of biography published 1977. Eight pages of b&w portraits and photos of Turgenev's homes. Trade paperback, wraps age-toned, creases to corners and spine, a bit curled, foxing to top edge, edges/end papers/page margins age-tanned. Names of former owners written on ffep, underscoring and/or marginalia by Prof. Ann E. Berthoff on approximately 85 pages plus extensive page-reference notes on rear end papers.

ACA Heritage Gallery Inc., 1967. Soft cover. Very Good. 48 pages. Catalogue from Retrospective Exhibition, Nov. 27 - Dec. 23, 1967, at the ACA Heritage Gallery in Manhattan. B&w reproductions of 46 works by Luks, listed on inside back cover in catalogue format. Includes biographical note and two-page intro in the form of appreciations of Luks by collector Bernard Dannenberg, critic Guy Pène du Bois, and others. 8-1/2" x 11" pamphlet format, stapled in wraps which are age-toned and lightly smudged, printed on glossy stock, fore-edge rough because of small trim error. Pages unmarked.

Longmans, Green & Co., 1965. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 43 pages, with a Selected Bibliography. Published for the British Council and the National Book League, in the series Writers and Their Work (No. 180), General Editor Geoffrey Bullough. Frontispiece detail from a portrait drawing of Moore by Henry Tones. Pamphlet format (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"), stapled in wraps that show faint foxing and pencil price on front, Pages unmarked.

New Directions, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 144 pages, with bibliography and index. Eight essays, assembled for the centenary of Hopkins's birth, in a project initiated by The Kenyon Review's editor John Crowe Ransom and edited by Cleanth Brooks. The Makers of Modern Literature series. Contributions from Robert Lowell, Marshall McLuhan, Josephine Miles and others. 12mo (4-3/4" x 7-1/4"), gray cloth with black lettering on heavily sunned (to brown) spine, boards soiled, wear to crown and heel, edges and end papers age-toned, rusty paperclip stain to ToC and facing page. Name of former owner Ann Evans (Berthoff) written on ffep along with pencil price notation, her underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 55 pages and rfep. Laid-in clipping from the TLS, Dec. 22-29, 2006 of an article on GMH by Simon Humphries.

Labor Publications, Inc., 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. 123 pages, with index, illustrated with b&w photos on four double-sided plates. Trade paperback, minor wear to corners, edges and pages bright, pages unmarked.

Allen & Unwin, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. 386 pages, with index and timeline. Trade paperback, minimal shelf wear, faint foxing to edges, binding solid, pages unmarked.

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 159 pages, with Biographical Outline, Selected Bibliography, List of Major Exhibitions, Index. Distributed by New American Library - "New concise NAL edition". On the life and work of Anna Mary Robertson Moses, with 193 illustrations (art reproductions and photos), of which 127 are in color. Imperial 8vo (8-3/4" x 11"), printed on semi-glossy stock, blue material over boards with gilt lettering on spine, slight wear to heel, dust soil along margins of boards, red remainder mark to bottom edge, faint foxing to fore-edge and along top of end papers. DJ is price-clipped, worn especially at crown and heel, age-toned along top inside and out, with 1" triangular tear near bottom corner of back panel mended with tape from inside. Pages unmarked.

Little, Brown and Company, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 439 pages, with index. First American edition. Account by the famous British intelligence agent of his travels in Scandinavia, East Central Europe, and the Balkans on the eve of World War II. 8vo, metallic silver cloth with butter-yellow lettering, wear to crown/heel/corners, edges/end papers/page margins age-toned, chips to bottom edge of a couple of pages, bookstore sticker on rear pastedown, old price notations on front and rear pastedowns. Interior pages unmarked.

Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 146 pages, with Index, Selected Bibliography, and biographical chronology; illustrated with three drawings of Hart Crane by John Johns on b&w plates. Published in the American Authors and Critics Series. Crown 8vo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"), red cloth with black lettering on spine, little wear except fraying of rear board bottom corer, foxing to top edge, binding tight, in unclipped DJ with shelf wear, small chip to rear panel at bottom corner. Name of former owner and date Feb. 1964 written on ffep; pages, printed on semi-gloss stock, remain bright and unmarked.

Harvard University Press, 1986. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 499 pages, with index of names. "This edition of The Harvard Book has been specially published for the faculty and staff members of the University on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College." Preface by the editor. 8vo, crimson cloth with gilt lettering and logo, color faded at bottom and along spine as from cleaning, back board a little scratched, pages bright and unmarked. Laid-in presentation card from then-President of Harvard Derek Bok.

World Pub, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 340 pages, with index, illustrated with black and white photos on eight double-sided plates. 8vo, brown boards with black cloth quarter, silver gilt lettering on spine and coat of arms on front board, shelf wear, rubbing and scratch to boards, former price sticker on front board, remnant of clear tape on back board, dust-soil to top edge, faint foxing to fore-edge, brown pictorial end papers with coat of arms, binding solid, pages bright and unmarked. Not ex-library.

Reader's Digest Press (E.P. Dutton), 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 338 pages plus 12 pages front matter, with bibliography, index. Introductory comment by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Illustrated with b&w photos on 12 double-sided plates. Royal 8vo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"), red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, light shelf wear, a little soil to edges and large brown stain to ffep, first index page dog-eared, in unclipped but fairly tattered DJ with chips and mended tears. Former price in pencil on ffep, underscoring and/or margin brackets (and a few notes) on approximately 85 pages.

Bowes & Bowes, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 64 pages, with biographical chronology and bibliographical notes. Published in Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought series. Sections on religion, politics, novels and criticsm. 16mo, red cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine, top edge tinted red, other edges age-toned and lightly soiled. Bookstore price and name of former owner and dateline London July 1958 written on ffep, pages bright and unmarked.

Heinemann, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Second impression. Literary and intellectual biography by the English novelist. 335 pages, with index, bibliography, bibliographical notes, Appendix A - Aubrey's Works, Appendix B - Aubrey's Library, two fold-out family pedigree charts, illustrated with frontispiece reproduction of portrait by Lely, seven other illustrations - portraits, ms. images, A's paintings of the family home at Easton Pierse. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering, minimal shelf wear, edges and end papers age-toned, in unclipped (UK price) tattered/creased/sunned original DJ. Former owner's name written on ffep, marks observed in margins of three pages, note written on rfep.